The Republican Cocaine Candidate
Did GOP presidential candidate George W. Bush use Cocaine?

Republican Cokehead leads the GOP Pack

Republican GOP candidate for president Texas Governor George W. Bush
refuses to answer the question about his prior use of Cocaine. Every
other Republican candidate have all said the never used cocaine except
George W. Bush. Why does he refuse to deny he's used cocaine? Probably
because George W. Bush actually did cocaine. If Bush didn't use cocaine
he'd say he didn't use cocaine.

The Republican party has always positioned themselves as having the
moral high ground and saying that character counts. The look down their
noses at the morally inferior knowing that the judgement of God is going
to send the sinners to hell. But in spite of the Bush cocaine
connection, the GOP still backs Bush as their leading candidate. It
would appear the the Republican moral convictions and the character
issue is so much bull. These issues only apply to Democrats. If you're a
Republican you can be a drunk cocaine using womanizer and that's just
dandy.

Why I can't support a cocaine user for president

Unlike Marajauna,
cocaine is a highly addictive drug that has ruined the lives of millions
of people. Cocaine is almost as addictive as Cigarettes and is highly
illegal. America is trying to crack down (excuse the pun) on cocaine
productions in Columbia. What are the Columbia drug lords going to say
if we elect a president who's been snorting coke? Are they going to
laugh at us? You bet they are!

A president who has used Cocaine sends the wrong message to the
Columbian Drug Lords

And what kind of example does it set for kids growing up in poor
neighborhoods? After all, if the president is kool then why isn't it
kool for them to do it too? This sends the wrong message in a big way. I
wouldn't vote for a cigarette smoker for president let alone someone who
does coke. The president is someone who should not be into dangerous
drugs, and cocaine is a dangerous drug.

If he would just admit it

Texas Governor George W. Bush shouldn't hide this from the voters. Do we
have a right to know? No we don't. Does he have a right to keep his drug
use private? Yes he does. Do we have a right to vote him out for not
talking? Yes we do. So George, if you didn't use cocaine, just come out
and say it and put this issue behind you.

There is a posibility that if Bush admitted he used cocaine that I
wouldn't exclude him on that point alone. First of all it would have had
to have been a long time ago. He would then have to totally denounce its
use and explain why he did it. He would have to make me feel confident
he was never going to do it again. It's like Betty Ford and her alcohol
treatment center. It didn't count against her because she turned it
around and made something positive out of it. But we can't begin until
Bush admits he has had a problem.

Republican's just talk morals

The GOP is setting a bad example for the youth of America by endorsing a
coke freak for president. It sends the message that winning is all that
matters and that even though he abuses drugs, he's better than all the
other Republican candidates. If this is the best the Republican can
offer, they're playing an empty hand.

The Republicans get all high and mighty about their moral values and the
character issue. during the impeachment of President Clinton they
thought what Clinton did demanded he be thrown out of office, and
Clinton didn't even actually go all the way. But where was the moral
outrage when it was uncovered that Henry Hyde not only went all the way,
but broke up a family. Or when Helen Chenowith had an affair? Or when
Bob Barr paid for his wife to get an abortion? Dan Burton had affairs
with about 20 women. Newt Gingrich was doing one of his staffers and was
charging hookers on his credit card. And Bob Livingston had so many
affairs he made a deal with Larry Flint not to publish it if he
resigned. It looks like the Republicans are having more sex and doing
more drugs than the Democrats.

Republicans don't insist on morals when it's one of their own. Their
higher standard applies only to other people.

But God forgives Republicans and you don't hear the cry for these
sinners to step down. That's because the only thing that means anything
to the GOP is winning the elections, no matter what they have to do.
They'll shut down the government, deny us health care protection,
squander out tax money but cutting taxes for the rich. Whatever it takes
to win is the Republican platform. Even if it means embracing cocaine.

"There are few clear areas in which we as a society must rise up united
and express our intolerance. The most obvious now is drugs. And when
that first cocaine was smuggled in on a ship, it may as well have been a
deadly bacteria, so much has it hurt the body, the soul of our country.
And there is much to be done and to be said, but take my word for it:
This scourge will stop." - President Bush in his
1989 Inaugural Address

This is going to be an interesting election year indeed. Al Gore,
although dull, is squeaky clean. Where George Bush is more charasmatic,
but has quite the past. Will Christian Republicans turn their backs on
Jesus, their morals, and their convictions and support a cocaine user
for president? Sure they will.

Cocaine Connection not new to Bush Family

In spite of President Bush's 1989 Inaugural Address, during the
Reagan/Bush administration Oliver North secretly used the CIA to ship
arms to the contras. In order to fund this operation they imported crack
cocaine that was distributed in the Los Angeles area and was responsible
for massive drug addiction and resulted in increased gang activity.
Although Bush has always claimed he was "out of the loop" I have a hard
time believing that neither he nor Reagan knew what was going on.

"Dark Alliance" was originally the title of a series of
newspaper articles by San Jose Mercury reporter Gary Webb (August
18, 1996). It had a strong lead, a powerful introduction, and it's still
an accurate summary of the story.

"For the better part of a decade, a Bay Area drug ring sold tons of
cocaine to the Crips and Bloods street gangs of Los Angeles and funneled
millions in drug profits to a Latin American guerilla army run by the
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, a Mercury News investigation
has found. This drug network, federal records show, opened the first
pipeline between Colombia's cocaine cartels and black neighborhoods of
Los Angeles, a city now known as the crack capital of the world. The
cocaine it brought into the United States fueled the crack explosion in
urban America and the simultaneous rise to power of the murderous gangs
of black L.A."

Did the Nicaraguan Contras really use cash from cocaine sold in the
US? Did CIA- sanctioned Nicaraguan drug smugglers flood the inner cities
of America with crack cocaine? The answer to both questions is Yes.

In its new book-length incarnation, Dark Alliance by Gary Webb is a heavily referenced history of
how the CIA engineered the high-volume U.S. cocaine invasion in the
1980s. This is a classic market study. Saturate the market with low-cost
cocaine. Produce mass market "crack" in South Central Los
Angeles. Make big bucks. Go to jail (if you're not protected by a
high-level CIA coverup.)